Seriously, Ofcom, UK Prime Minister and Lisa Nandy MP, sort the BBC out.

Just sayin’ to all 🇺🇸 political experts, including those now congratulating themselves for being on the right side of a binary choice: It was NOT down to a few tens of thousands of votes in the swing states. It was NOT “ a coin toss” , as the Americans say. We collectively got it

No shit.

Grovel away🤮, but was this you too?👇

Headline writers not messing about

This is a sobering but necessary read. Some painful truths here. It wasn’t even close.

BREAKING: US Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech conceding defeat in the presidential election to Donald Trump at 6 p.m. ET (2300 GMT), two sources told Reuters reut.rs/3YSyYPD

Reform MP Lee Anderson has been told to apologise in the House of Commons for "swearing twice at a security officer after his pass did not work" as he tried to enter parliament Read more 🔗 trib.al/PXYRmKW

My blog today on the implications of the #USAElection2024 for trade relations and for the U.K. University of Glasgow UofG ASBS uofgasbs.bsky.social

The Bloomberg hit piece on the German economy and collapse in investment is quite something & well worth reading entirely, but this is my favourite bit

Southern Water at risk of £6bn debt default in event of further credit downgrades Controlled by private equity octopus Macquarie, borrowing more from hedge funds and private equity. They are counting on govt bailout and extortionate customer bills. archive.ph/cBubc/again?ur…

There were six months between Brexit vote & Trump’s election in 2016. I watched to see if US economic nationalist would change UK public opinion. It didn’t. Why ? Because Brexit & Trumpismo are similar: manipulation of aggrieved voters by rich men for their own benefit

We’ve joined seaspiracy, Racing Extinction and around 80 Icelandic and international NGOs to ask Iceland’s president, Office of the President of Iceland, to stop millionaire whale killer Kristján Loftsson’s application to slaughter fin whales from being considered before Iceland has an elected

Israeli arms firm Smartshooter says its high-tech gun sights are “one of the most useful new items being demonstrated on the battlefield” in Gaza. The British army is now using these sights. 👉 British troops using Israeli arms technology tested in Gaza declassifieduk.org/british-troops…

The King wants to "celebrate" his birthday by opening two foodbanks. Poverty tourism. Instead of opening foodbanks - which shouldn't fucking exist in the 21st century - he could use his considerable influence and wealth to ensure that foodbanks don't *need* to exist.

.Niall Christie is absolutely correct. Labour will continue its rightward drift and continue losing support to Reform and the Tories. Without a strong Left movement that can mount a real challenge, the UK will elect a far-right government come the next election.

Rachel Reeves is handing public service pensions to the private sector. Not surprising. Labour have handed everything to the asset managers who will continue to squeeze "shareholder value" out of every person on these islands. We're being farmed.

Like almost every public civil engineering project in the UK, a vast waste of money and complete failure. x.com/SkyNews/status…

Bye bye, Rocket Boy. lindsaybruce.bsky.social

Well done Joe for cementing the "one rule for them, another for the rest of us" sentiments which the populists are leveraging. Great job, you fucking idiot. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4ng…